Evening. Any ideas on sleeping ?Since going
Through the menopause I'm lucky if I get 3 hours sleep a night. This is not due to hot sweats just cannot sleep. Making my ill as during the day so tierd and not functioning.
Compounded oral progesterone 200mg knocks me out.
Many thanks for your reply Suzanne maybe this is something I should look into. I have tried herbal remedies but not helping at all.
If you don't get sleep other things can surface. So important to get sleep!!
Hello.
I am getting acupuncture twice a week for perimenopausal symptoms.
I am now falling asleep faster, sleeping deeper and not having crazy nightmares.
I also take 25 mg of Hydroxyzine HCL at bedtime for insomnia and anxiety. It was working OK, below OK for sleep and anxiety, but in conjunction with the acupuncture, I am sleeping so much better.
I will be slowly weaning off of the Hydroxyzine and relying on the acupuncture.
Considering HRT because I am having uncomfortable menopausal symptoms.
Take care.
xx
Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately cannot do HRT due to very high bloody pressure. Acupuncture out of the question as hate needles. Lack of sleep is making me a rather horrible person to live with right now poor kids and husband are getting the brunt of my tiredness. Go to bed lay there for hours and when finally go to sleep wide awake again in 3/4 hours. Like now 01.11 in morning and no sign of me sleeping yet.
Hi. Same thing happens to me which is why I m writing this to you at this time of night! Been asleep for 2.5 hours and now am awake and will be for a couple of hours!! It's horrible. I now meditate when it happens. That seems to work from time to time
Lavender oil, rub it on the bottom of your feet before bed.You can also put a few drops in your hands, rub them together and inhale deeply a few times. Meditation helps. Sometimes I put my earbuds in and listen to a thunderstorm(it's an app on my phone). The herb Ashwanghda(sp?). I haven't used it but I hear it works wonders. My doctor prescribed me the antidepressant Trazodone, it helps with sleep issues, but I'm in the process of weaning off it. I take the occasional Valium for anxiety(I don't want to get addicted)and it helps with sleep also. Everyone is different, you have to find what works for you. It's trial and error that's for sure.
I'm so sorry.
I understand. I was hardly sleeping either. It is so hard. I told my husband "now I know why they use sleep deprivation as torture."
You may have to see a Dr about it.
Maybe acupressure? Meditation? Do any antihistamines make you sleepy? Over the counter sleep med?
I know they are chemicals but it is sleep.
Melatonin?
My cousin used Melatonin and it helped her quite a bit.
I hope you find sleep soon.
Check out Peruvian Red Maca. There is a brand that is Peruvian Red Maca for Menopause. If you have a sensitive digestive system use gelatinized Red Maca. Make sure it is grown in Peru. Avoid Peruvian Maca grown in China.
I tried it but it gave me a headache that wouldn't go away until I stopped taking it.
Hope this helps.
Hi Suzanne, iv been put back to oral progesterone only troche for a week now. Was wondering how you find the oral progesterone? I'v definately been a bit tired and flat the past week. I'm not sure what to think.
I'm finding as I get older I need natural fibres to sleep well,they seem to help regulate my temperature way better than synthetics.I also depend on reading a simple familiar novel and having a hot waterbottle as a bit of special self care .
All the best, I hope you find some ideas that help Karen.
hi im 59 having exact same problem wake at 1am an lay until 4am so fustrating with other meno symtoms too.....but have now started to use a light sleeping pill for 2 weeks to see if i can break this horrible cycle.... i cant function without sleep.... everything feels better when you sleep well...... i keep a diary and its definitely hormone related.... over ovulation an period times i feel terrible....anxiety around this time is horrible...
hi im 49 having exact same problem wake at 1am an lay until 4am so fustrating with other meno symtoms too.....but have now started to use a light sleeping pill for 2 weeks to see if i can break this horrible cycle.... i cant function without sleep.... everything feels better when you sleep well...... i keep a diary and its definitely hormone related.... over ovulation an period times i feel terrible....anxiety around this time is horrible...
sorry im 49 reposted message as i dont know how to delete this message
I only take it before bed. It really does help me sleep. And it's controlling the crazy estrogen. My breasts seem better than they were. When I first started taking it I was tired the next day, but that seems to have gotten better. Im no longer taking the estrogen/prog/testosterone. I've got a boatload of expensive cream here. But now that I found I have reactivated EBV and hormones feed the virus I've gone off.
For now anyway..hopefully the creams won't go bad and I can revisit them later once things have calmed down. How much oral prog are you taking?
I feel so bad for you. I know others that suffer from this. I have the opposite problem. The minute I lie down, my eyes close. I sleep heavy. Get up to go to the bathroom twice through the night, but fall right back to sleep. The only thing wrong with this is the intense dreams I have. They seem so real that at times I have to think "did I dream that, or did it really happen?"---
Sparkysweet, I get why they use it as torture too. Sleep is how your body repairs itself and I really think you could go mad if you're deprived of it long enough. Karen is getting some sleep, just not enough. When my sister went through menopause, she had bad insomnia for two weeks. I mean only sleeping about an hour or so each night. She was still working at the time so it was paramount that she get some rest. She called me and at the time I was nowhere near menopause, so I didn't get it. I wasn't mean or anything, I just told her to relax and her body would eventually just give in and sleep. And that's just what happened. But I realize now it can go on longer than two weeks. She was blessed, but she had a lot of other menopause related issues that lasted longer. Sorry, I didn't mean to go on.
That's so interesting. I'v had massive problems with high estrogen. Its high all the time then it spikes and the moods are uncontrollable and unbearable. He tried to balance me with all three hormones which helped a lot with my moods but my estrogen is still through the roof. I'm on 200mg progesterone plus an anti estrogen myomin (switched from dim for a while). I actually feel better today. I know it takes a while for the body to adjust each time my troche is changed. I'm a bit of a tricky one for my doctor as I don't display any signs of high estrogen at all except my moods. I'm very lean and quite muscular from lifting weights for a number of years. Eventually he does want me back on my old troche with estrogen progesterone and testosterone as we need all three as we age . Forgot to mention my testosterone was incredibly high naturally too so it might be converting. Wow its complicated but I'm definitely getting better and I have no choice but to get myself sorted. I was actually becoming unhinged before I found the doctor who is helping me and it scared me. Do you have mood problems ??
When all this started last year I was out of control. I'd get so mad at my husband for stupid reasons and I would just fly off the handle and scream and throw things. I'm sure my behavior caused the gastritis! This was all probably due to unopposed estrogen. The hormone doc said my progesterone was almost zero. He reasoned that even though I'm estrogen dominant my estrogen was low. And that's why he wanted me on the estrogen too. When I started complaining about having adrenaline rushes the GYN said it was from the testosterone but hormone doc said no. Regardless I demanded cream without it. But it didn't matter. Still got them along with the burning foot which started a week after starting the creams.
I just don't believe they can really regulate things when our hormones are all over the place.